(This page contains a gory picture. If you have a sensitive stomach, you
might not want to visit this page)

A very very common
misconception when people think about Kurt Cobain is the thought that he
"blew his head off"!

I can not stress enough how
untrue this is. So your thinking, "well, he used a shotgun!". Yes,
indeed he did use a shotgun. He used a 20 gauge shotgun, which is
slightly less powerful than a regular shotgun. It was set up for a light
load, for HOME PROTECTION, so that it would not penetrate walls and hurt
people on the other side.

In fact, many people are
under the impression that the gun was bought FOR the suicide. Kurt
bought this gun BEFORE he went to rehab! He told his friend, Dylan, that
the police had taken all of his guns at home, and that he wanted a gun
for HOME PROTECTION. Funny how it works that way.

In this case, not only was
his head not blown off, but there was NO EXIT WOUND! Kurt was completely
recognizable. There was only a puddle of blood on the floor next to his
head from seepage. Fingerprints were taken were only out of procedure.

Of course, wouldn't all of
these facts have been released? Wouldn't Courtney, a loving mother of
Cobain's daughter, and also a loving wife leave the details as they
were, less gory and horrifying for her daughter to pick up later on? Or
for the dignity of her husband? Or even to save his name from the
obscene exploitation?

In the December 1994 issue
of the Rolling Stone, Courtney comments "when you've had your husbands
blood on your face, how can you write about it? When you walk around in
the coat that he shot his head off in, how can you write?"

In another interview,
Courtney starts crying hysterically as she talks about the idea of
Frances ever seeing "a picture of him with his f****ing head blown
off."

Knowing that Kurt's head
was not blown off, why then would Courtney promote such an ugly, violent
and gory image of her husband for not only the public, but for her
daughter!? Why would she say something so untrue?

BECAUSE IT MAKES FOR GOOD
PRESS.

No one has exploited Kurt's
death in any way like Courtney has. Case closed.

Some people say they have
seen an autopsy photo circling around the internet. I will tell you
right now, the only dead picture of Kurt that is released on the
internet is this one:

And this one:

There is one very popular
photo prank that has been circulating for years. THIS IS NOT KURT
COBAIN!

Here is that photo:

This website created by:
Anna Garofano ++++++++++++++++++++ Last edited on 10-4-2006